Waleed Aly takes out the Gold Logie on a successful night for Ten and the ABC
Host of Channel Ten’s The Project Waleed Aly has picked up his first Gold Logie as the most popular person on TV, becoming the first non-white person to pick up the award in the 58-year history of the ceremony.
Host of Channel Ten’s The Project Waleed Aly has picked up his first Gold Logie as the most popular person on TV, becoming the first non-white person to pick up the award in the 58-year history of the ceremony.
Ten enjoyed a successful night with Aly winning the Logie for Best Presenter, while its coverage of the Big Bash League, The Project, Family Feud, Gogglebox and The Living Room all scooped best show awards in their categories.
Aly said in his acceptance speech: “Do not adjust your sets, there’s nothing wrong with the picture. This is happening. Finally a male presenter on commercial TV has won the Gold Logie.”
The TV WEEK Gold Logie goes to… Waleed Aly!!! Congratulations #waleedaly, so very deserving! #tvweeklogies pic.twitter.com/DuYyE3R7gL
Tuned it at one stage and thought Noni Hazelhurst must have died.
Noni’s completely gone. She’s living in full-on celebrity fairyland.
Non- white?
Well deserved Waleed. I get it. But the Lee Lin thing….seriously how did that happen….voters on weed?
Noni wants a good news channel? That will fail just like the Good News newspaper did three(?) decades ago. Surely she remembers that?
But she was in Playschool!
Yes I thought the same thing too Ted!
Only Kim Jong-Un is more protected from scrutiny or criticism than Waleed Aly.
In fact Kim may even be more vulnerable to criticism.
Aly can trash Australia and Australians (regularly), call everyone a racist, islamophobe and xenophobe but if anyone dares to call him on it, they are guess what? Racist, islamophobe and xenophobe. The opposite of a virtuous circle.